What a weekend!!!!

This is a discussion on What a weekend!!!! within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Saturday - received Conceal Carry Permint. Alexandria, VA - It only took about 25 days of the 45 day required shall issue.
Sunday - spent ...

Now the only thing you can do next weekend to improve upon last weekend is to go the range and shoot a hundred rounds or so...then go home, clean the pistol, kickback with the game...and have your wife bring you dinner again!

I carry the PT145 Mil Pro. Two things to watch out for. My normal grip on that smallish gun is with my pinky under the magazine. When my wife shot it, it jammed about 80% of the time. When I shot it, 100% flawless. Finally figured out that my pinky was pushing the magazine upwards fully into the gun, while her natural grip would allow the magazine to rest in a lower position against the magazine catch. Sent it back to Taurus and they replaced a couple things, and sent back a free magazine .

For her it still jammed about 20% of the time, prompting her to replace it with a Glock 27 that she loves. But, like I said, it shoots flawlessly for me, so I carry it.

Second, watch out for the safety. At least on the PT145, (try this with the gun UNLOADED!), if the trigger is depressed slightly when you put the safety on, the safety will go to the safe position, the slide will be locked closed by the safety, but the trigger can still be pulled which would cause the gun to fire. I don't consider it a problem cause I wouldn't put the safety on with a finger on the trigger, but something to be aware of.

Fmr18z - I will get to the range one day this week. I am looking forard to trying it out and getting used to it. I also have only had my G17 for a couple of months now and want to get some more rounds through that